Current practice and recent commercial developments in flame retardancy of polyamides

Journal of Fire Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-264

  Weil, Edward D ^a   Levchik, Sergei ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AKZONOBEL   (United States)

Author keywords

Decabromodiphenyl ether; Dechlorane Plus; Melamine cyanurate; Oligomeric glycidyl ethers of tetrabromobisphenol A; Polyamides; Polybrominated polystyrene; Polybromophenylindane; Polymeric dibromophenylene oxide; Polypentabromobenzyl acrylate

Indexed keywords

DEPOLYMERIZATION; ETHERS; GLASS FIBERS; OLIGOMERS; POLYAMIDES; POLYSTYRENES; SMOKE;

DECHLORANE PLUS; MELAMINE CYANURATE; MELAMINE PYROPHOSPHATE; POLYBROMINATED POLYSTYRENE;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

EID: 2442593876     PISSN: 07349041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734904104040546     Document Type: Review

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